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Few cut back on weddings despite crisis (Sioux City Journal) - SIOUX CITY -- Weddings may not be immune to the effects of the current economic meltdown, but experiences were mixed both for vendors and brides-to-be at Sunday's bridal fair Weddings: A Bridal Event to Remember, at the Sioux City Convention Center.

To save money, many are cutting costs of weddings (The Augusta Chronicle) - SIOUX RAPIDS, Iowa --- It wasn't your typical rehearsal dinner, but it was everything Liz Jones and Josh Dilworth hoped it would be -- authentic, casual and relatively cheap.

Gay "shotgun weddings" anticipate Nov. 4 defeat (PlanetOut) - Gay couples from around California and the nation are feverishly tying the knot ahead of Election Day to avoid missing out if voters approve a ballot initiative aimed at banning same-sex marriage.

Tent is touted for weddings at Smithville Park (Courier-Post) - Burlington County government officials have adopted new rental fees and are buying a massive tent to more easily accommodate requests for use of historic Smithville Park for outdoor wedding receptions.

Tales from the trail: Baxter Black will sign copies of cowboy quips (Reno Gazette-Journal) - Old dogs, one-legged cowpokes and cowboy weddings might not be funny in their own right, but when Baxter Black throws a literary loop around them, they just end up that way.

Text size (Business Weekly) - Chilford Hall Vineyard and Conference Centre in Linton, Cambridgeshire, owned and developed by the Alper family, is the largest dedicated conference and banqueting centre in the East of England, providing the perfect rural setting for weddings, conferences and exhibitions.

Jen's Twosome Vow (Ananova) - We've heard of oddities related to celebrity weddings.

There's Wall Street, there's Main Street and then there's ... (Seattle Times) - How do the ladies of "Real Housewives" measure success? In New York co-ops, gated McMansions, fairy-tale weddings, Rolex watches and shameless...

WOODEN CLOG FACE NO MAKERS (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News) - PENANG, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- Wooden clogs were an essential item for the Chinese in the past but now it could becoming an extinct item after faced less and less maker. The wooden clogs was high in those days as it were used daily then and were also given as gifts during weddings and funerals but the traditional footwear has now been dropped to places such as bathrooms ...

Gay couples rush to wed in Calif. before vote (USA Today) - Gay couples from around the United States are rushing to marry in California ahead of next month's elections to avoid missing out if the state's voters approve a ballot initiative aimed at banning same-sex marriage.